Furtadoa

Furtadoa is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. It consists of only two species: Furtadoa mixta and Furtadoa sumatrensis.[1] The genus was described in 1981 by Mitsuru Hotta with one species endemic on Sumatra.[2] In 1985 Hotta transferred a preexisting species of Homalomena (the West Malaysian H. mixtum Ridl.) to Furtadoa.[3] Both described species of Furtadoa have stems that creep, and root along their length (a very rare condition in related Homalomena), and leathery elliptical leaves. The inflorescence is carried on a long peduncle, with the spathes unconstricted, and either green, reddish brown, or purple-grey. The spadix is unique by having the male flowers (except for those at the tip of the spadix) each associated with a sterile female flower (a pistillode) in addition to each fertile female flower being associated with a sterile male flower (staminode).[4]

Furtadoa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Subfamily: Aroideae
Tribe: Homalomeneae
Genus: Furtadoa
M.Hotta 1981

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Hotta, M. (1981). A new genus of the family Araceae from West Sumatra. Acta Phytotaxonomica Geobotanica. 32 (5-6): 142-146.
  3. Hotta, M. (1985). New species of the genus Homalomena (Araceae) from Sumatra with a note on the genus Furtadoa. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 38(1): 43-54
  4. Brown, Deni (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family. Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-485-7.
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